Object

Josh's Office Credenza Television

Critical for live briefings that inform staff discussions and shift power dynamics.

2 appearances

Purpose

To receive and display live television news broadcasts and televised briefings so Josh Lyman and his nearby staff can monitor breaking political developments in real time.

Significance

Serves as the catalytic information medium that exposes missed briefings and reframes arguments: when Josh flips it on to C.J.'s briefing, the broadcast punctures posturing, reorients the room's power dynamics, and propels the episode's policy and interpersonal beats.

Appearances in the Narrative

When this object appears and how it's used

2 moments

S1E18 · Six Meetings Before Lunch

Leo Frames Reparations as 'Money for Slavery' During Mendoza Vote

The television (represented by the available 'office' TV canonical object) broadcasts roll-call votes and crowd reaction; it converts the hallway/hushed strategizing into public, measurable outcome. Its audio cues (booing, 'Senator Rindell', 'Yea') puncture private triage and force immediate emotional release.

Before: Set on a credenza or shelf; quietly glowing or off while Leo conducts a private phone call in his office.

After: Actively broadcasting the roll call in the Mural Room, its audio images have provoked crowd reaction and signaled the confirmation's success.

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S1E18 · Six Meetings Before Lunch

Mendoza Confirmed — Champagne Fizz and Ideological Friction

A small flat-panel television provides the narrative clock: it carries the Senate roll call into the mural room and audibly announces Senator Rindell then 'Yea,' converting backstage tension into public resolution and triggering the crowd's emotional swing.

Before: Tuned to the Senate roll call and displaying/announcing votes (audible to the mural-room crowd).

After: Continues broadcasting as the room erupts in cheering; remains the information medium anchoring the celebration.

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